Religiosity, Power and Greed – A Review of Olukorede Yishau’s In The Name of Our Father

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Published: Jul 8, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53982/ajsms.2024.0502.12-j
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Society, Machiavellianism, Pentecostalism, corruption, politics

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Olugbamila O. Adegunle
Department of Nigerian Languages, College of Languages and Communication Arts Education, Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Lagos, Nigeria

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Adegunle, Olugbamila O. 2024. “Religiosity, Power and Greed – A Review of Olukorede Yishau’s In The Name of Our Father”. ABUAD Journal of Social and Management Sciences 5 (2):441-56. https://doi.org/10.53982/ajsms.2024.0502.12-j.
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Olugbamila O. Adegunle, Department of Nigerian Languages, College of Languages and Communication Arts Education, Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Lagos, Nigeria

Olugbamila O. Adegunle is a veteran journalist with over two-decade experience in the Newsroom. He had his first degree in African Language, Literature and Communication Arts from the Lagos State University and his Master in Linguistics, African and Asian Languages (Yoruba Literature) at the University of Lagos. At present, Adegunle is a PhD student at the Department of African Language and Culture, Lagos State University. He currently teaches at the Department of Nigerian Languages, College of Languages and Communication Arts Education, Lagos State
University of Education (LASUED), Lagos, Nigeria.

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